Printed dictionaries and other books with definitions for Callisia

Giving Full Instructions for the Management and Propagation of the Plants Cultivated in the Hot-houses, Greenhouses, Conservatories ... : Alphabetically Arranged by Robert Sweet

CALLISIA is a herbaceous genus belonging to Commelineae; it thrives well in
any rich light soil, and is increased by dividing at the root. CALOPHYLLUM is a
fine looking genus, and grows well in a light loamy soil, or a mixture of turfy loam
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(Callisia, Opuntia) tehuaztlensis For the occurrence near Tehuaztepec, state of
México, Mexico. (Sedum) teissieri For Marc Teissier (fl. 2002), French
horticulturist and curator of the private botanical garden "Les Cedres" near Nice,
France.

or, Dictionary of Arts and sciences ; comprising an accurate and popular view of the present improved state of human knowledge by William Nicholson

CALLISIA, in botany, a genus of the Triandria Monogynia class and order.
Natural order of Ensatx. Junci, Jussieu. Essential character : calyx three-leaved;
petals three ; anthers double ; capsule two-celled. There is but one species, viz.

repena, Creeping Callisia, a perennial, native of America. .
CALLITRI'CHE (Bot.), originally a name for Adianthum or Maiden,Hair; from the
Gr. halos beautiful, and "ml: the hair. It is now the name of a genus of plants, Nat.

The Seed-bud is sometimes placed above the flower, as in eriocaulon,
wachendorfia, callisia, and commelina ; sometimes below it, as in iris, corn flag,
ixia, and crocus. The Style is generally single, and crowned with a triple stigma.
Eriocaulon ...

Comprising the Theory and Practice of Horticulture, Floriculture, Arboriculture, and Landscape-gardening, Including All the Latest Improvements, a General History of Gardening in All Countries, and a Statistical View of Its Present State, with Suggestions for Its Future Progress in the British Isles by John Claudius Loudon